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(No'ModeL) J. PONS.

ASH SIFTEB. No. 282,924. Patented Aug. 7, .1883.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN coon,

OF SAME PLACE.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,924, dated August'7, 1883.

' Application filed March 17, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN PoNs, a citizen of the United States, residingat Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ash-Sifters, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved ashsifter, and will first bedescribed, and then .designated in the claims. I

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is an elevation, the front sidebeing almost wholly removed to show the structure in section. Fig. 2 isa side view.

A designates the casing or walls of the device; B, the removable hopper,secured to its position on top of the case by means of the hook cengaging with the staple d. The hopper has a bottom, 6, adapted to slidehorizontally. One end projects from the side, as shown in Fig. 1, andserves as a handle, by which it may be moved in or out to allow theashes in the hopper to drop.

A wire screen, F, has an inclined position at an angle of aboutforty-five degrees, inclining toward one side of the case, and isimmediately below the hopper, and an ash-board, h, has its upper endunder the lower end of the said screen, and inclines in the reversedirection, or toward the opposite side of the case.

. A second and lower wire screen, G, has its upper end resting againstthe case, and inclines ina direction reverse to or opposite that of theupper screen. An'inclined ash-board, i, is below the lower screen.

Below the screens is a chute, L, for the screened coal, whi ch chuteinclines toward the front of the case. The direction of inclination ofthe chute with respect to that of the lower screen and the ash-board his lateral or sidewise. The lower end of thelower screen, G, rests uponthe upper edge of one side of the chute, which is cut off horizontallyto admit of it, and the lower end of the ash-board h rests upon theother side of the chute. The

discharge end of the inclined chute projects from the front side ofthecase, as shown in Fig. 2, and will deliver the screened coals into a hodor box placed under it- The coal-chute L and screens incline indirections transverse or crosswise to each other. This construction ofan inclined coal-chute, in connection with the lower screen and upperash-board, provides for the delivery of the screened coals at lifted offto permit the box to be emptied. A

stirrer is provided to prevent the coals and ashes from choking orlodging on the upper screen. A lever, p, is pivoted to a short shaft, atq, in the inclined cover A of the case, and a knob or handle onv the endof the lever serves as a hand-grasp, by which it may be moved back'andforth, as indicated by the broken line in Fig. 2.

To the pivot-shaft g, on the inside of the case, is attached a bar, 1",which is provided with one or more pins or teeth, .3. It will be seenthat when the outside lever, 19, is moved back and forth the bar and itsteeth also move across the upper screen, and serve to dislodge anyadhering coals.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States 1 1. A11 ash-Sifter consisting of a screen,F, inclining toward one side of the case, an ashboard, h, under the saidscreen and inclining in a reverse or opposite direction, a second andlower screen, G, inclining in a direction reverse to or opposite that ofthe upper screen, and a chute, L, below the screens and ashboard, whichinclines toward the front of the case and in a lateral or sidewisedirection with respect to the screens, as set forth.

2. In an ash-sifter, the combination of an inclined screen, F, aninclined cover, A, over said screen, a short pivot-shaft, q, in theinclined cover, a bar, 0*, attached to the pivotshaft on the inside ofthe cover, and provided with teeth 8, and a lever, 19, attached to thepivot-shaft on the outside of the cover, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PONS. IVitnesses:

JOHN E. MoRRIs, JNO. T- MADDoX.

